In an open letter to the EU Commission, seven companies and the international environmental organization ChemSec call for clear legal requirements for safety data sheets (SDSs). The current legal specifications for mixtures are inadequate to drive appropriate chemicals management, says the letter. Concretely, the companies operating in the most varied…
The EU Commission has added perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts, and PFOA-related compounds to Annex V of the PIC Regulation (EU Regulation No. 649/2012), and published the related Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/643 on April 20. As a result, the export of fire-extinguisher foams that contain these substances is prohibited as…
Companies that import hazardous chemicals into Taiwan, use them in Taiwan, or supply them to others in the country must comply with updated reporting requirements after April 1, 2022. For the currently 1,148 priority management chemicals (PMCs), the following will apply: New classification categories New concentration threshold values New tonnage…
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has added to its Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). As the government stated in its official journal (Japanese only), the register of “Class I Specified Chemicals” now lists 515 chemicals, and the register of “Class II Specified Chemicals” now lists…
Japan wants to improve work safety when dealing with chemicals and is considering modifications of its Health and Safety Law. The measures being planned are based on a report, How to Manage Chemicals in the Workplace (in Japanese only), published by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW)…
Industry representatives, including the American Chemistry Council (ACC), have criticized the draft guidance published in mid-August by the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). As part of the period allowed for public comments, which ended on September 6, representatives of the ACC stated that the new requirements for registration…
